| AM2 Socket | ||||||
| Manufa | Asus | Asus | Asus | Asus | ASUS | |
| Model # | M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 | M2N68-AM SE2 | M4A785-M | M4A78L-M | M4A78T-E | |
| Chipset | AMD 890GX / SB850 | Nvidia 7025 / 630a | AMD 785G / SB710 | AMD 760G / SB710 | AMD 790GX / SB750 | |
| Processor socket | AM3, only | AM2 + | AM3 / AM2 | AM3 / AM2 | AM3, only | |
| Front Side Bus (FSB) | 5200 MT/s HT3.0 | 2000 / 1600 MT/s | 5200 / 2000 / 1600 MT/s | 5200 / 2000 / 1600 MT/s | 5200 MT/s HT3.0 | |
| IDE Devices supported | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| PCI Express for Video | 2 PCI-E x16 v2.0 | PCI-E x16 | PCI-E x16 | PCI-E x16 | 2 PCI-E x16 v2.0 | |
| Video on Board or PCI-E config | YES - ATI 3300 GPU | |||||
| (HDMI / VGA,DVI-D) | yes (VGA) | (HDMI / VGA,DVI-D) | (HDMI / VGA,DVI-D) | HDMI / DVI - VGA | ||
| Memory Type (slots) | DDR-3 (4) | DDR-2 (2) | DDR-2 (4) | DDR-2 (4) | DDR-3 (4) | |
| ECC / Non ECC | ECC / Non ECC | ECC / Non ECC | ECC / Non ECC | ECC / Non ECC | ||
| Max. RAM | 16 GB | 4 GB | 16 GB | 8 GB | 16 GB | |
| PCI Slots 32 bit | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| PCI Express x1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| PCI Express x4 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Audio on Board | 8 CHANNEL | 6 CHANNEL | 8 CHANNEL | 8 CHANNEL | 8 channel | |
| Audio Chipset | ALC892 | ALC662 | VT1708S | VT1708S | VIA VT1708S | |
| PS2 KB port, Optical out , internal Serial port header. | PS2 KB + Mouse Port, Serial port | PS2 KB port, Optical out , Serial Header Connector, LPT Header | PS2 KB port, Optical out , Serial Header Connector, LPT Header | PS2 Keyboard port, Optical out , 1.44MB CRTL, COM Connector | ||
| On Board network card | 10 / 100 / 1000 | 10 / 100 | 10 / 100 / 1000 | 10 / 100 / 1000 | (1) gIgabit | |
| Lan Chipset | Realtek 8111E | Realtek RTK8201CP | RTL8112L | RTL8112L | Atheroes | |
| USB 2.0 (Rear / Internal) | (2 USB 3.0, 6 USB 2.0 / 8 USB 2.0 ) | ( 4 / 6 ) | ( 6 / 6 ) | ( 6 / 6 ) | ( 6 / 6 ) | |
| Firewire (Rear / Internal) | ( 1 / 1 ) | - | - | - | ( 1 / 1 ) | |
| Firewire Chipset | Via VT6308P | - | - | - | VT6315N | |
| Serial ATA | 6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 (SataII) | |
| Serial RAID Support | 0,1,10 | 0,1, JBOD (vista only) | 0,1,10, (vista only) | 0,1,10, (vista only) | 0,1,10,5,JBOD | |
| Serial ATA Chipset | ATI SB850 | Nforce 630a | ATI SB710 | ATI SB710 | SB750 | |
| 2nd SATA Ctrl | 1 Esata | - | - | - | 1 ext | |
| 2nd SATA RAID support | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 2nd SATA Chipset | JMB361 | - | - | - | SB750 | |
| Price | $179.00 | $69.00 | $99.00 | $89.00 | $169.00 | |